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The etymology of 15 Olympic words

John Kelly - Mental Floss
US Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, DC Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone, DC Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges and US Capitol Police Private First Class Harry Dunn, are sworn in before members of the Select Committee, as they investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, during their first hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2021. - The committee will hear testimony from members of the US Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department who tried to protect the Capitol against insurrectionists on January 6, 2021. (JIM BOURG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Capitol cops come under attack again

Jon Skolnik
The back of a red corset with black laces (Getty Images)

6 terrifying historical beauty practices

Therese O'Neill - Mental Floss
Women's Team USA gymnastics: Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum after a training session ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. (Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Meet the Team USA gymnasts

Kylie Cheung
Man in tinfoil hat and tinfoil-lined bedroom (Getty Images/Matt Carr)

17 facts about conspiracy theories

Stacy Conradt - Mental Floss
Jagger Eaton of Team United States practices on the skateboard street course ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 21, 2021 (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

8 ways these Olympics are different

Kaitlin Thomas
John Travolta in scene from the film "Battlefield Earth" (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

15 summer "blockbusters" that tanked

Matthew Jackson - Mental Floss
A teenage boy enjoying corn after swimming (Getty Images/Roy JAMES Shakespeare)

The most misspelled word in each state

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
A large statue of a stegosaurus near Barcelona was where the body of a 40-year-old man was found in 2021 (LLUIS GENE/AFP via Getty Images)

8 bizarre places where bodies were found

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Tom Hiddleston as Loki (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

8 surprising facts about Tom Hiddleston

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Nightly Rogue Fireworks Displays Across New York Continue To Bemuse The City (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

9 fascinating facts about fireworks

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Protective mask hanging on a rearview mirror (Getty Images)

20 best states for summer 2021 road trip

Tasia Bass - Mental Floss
Mel Brooks attends the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival opening night after party in April 2018 in Hollywood (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for TCM)

12 surprising facts about Mel Brooks

Mark Mancini - Mental Floss
Henry Golding in "Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe: Origins" (Paramount Pictures)

10 July movies and where to watch them

Sandy C. - Hidden Remote
Sophie Turner in "Game of Thrones" (HBO)

11 actors who took home animal co-stars

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Tom Hanks in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" (Sony Pictures)

11 actors who played their own relatives

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Gunpowder Milkshake (Netflix)

What's new on Netflix in July

Kylie Cheung
No Sudden Move (HBO Max)

The best HBO Max shows & movies in July

Sandy C. - Hidden Remote
Flowers in the Attic (Lifetime)

10 facts about "Flowers in the Attic"

Stacy Conradt - Mental Floss
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in "The Fast and the Furious" (Universal/Getty Images)

Evolution of the Fast & Furious films

Hanh Nguyen
Food stylist: Anna Billingskog. Prop stylist: Megan Hedgpeth. (Julia Gartland / Food52)

21 best canned wine brands

Valerie Stivers, Hank Zona - Food52
"The Metamorphosis" novel or "Die Verwandlung" in German by Franz Kafka (Marka/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Unsettling facts about The Metamorphosis

Jeff Wells - Mental Floss
Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier in "Pride & Prejudice," 1940 (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)

7 people who hated "Pride and Prejudice"

Linda Rodriguez McRobbie - Mental Floss
18th century headstone in a cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts that reads "Memento mori," a Latin phrase meaning, "Remember you will die" (iStock/Getty Images)

Latin phrases you pretend to understand

Kevin Fleming - Mental Floss
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